nicky75

Dear All, My father (having sclc ls, since october 2002) was told that he would only be qualified for getting topotecan as a 3rd line treatment if he had brain mets.... Is it true or just an excuse from social security? Does anybody have relevant information on that? thanky for your replies.

Hi everybody, My dad has Sclc that was realized accidentally at the end of October 2002. Doctors said that it was in limited stage. Just 1 week after setting up the diagnosis, they began to give him chemoteraphy. He received it in 6 rounds (3 days in in every 3 weeks) and just right after the second round the tumor almost completely disappeared. He received radiation to his chest and to his brain as well (for preventive reasons) in january 2003. It was the end of april when the chemo treatments finished and my dad looked and felt very good. He is in perfect phisical and mental conditions right now as well. He is only 56 years old. In our country the doctors make Xray scans monthly however CT scans (that is a much more expenive examination) is only possible in every second month. So it was at the beginning of october 2003 when they realized progression in his lymph noodle just next to the lung an the chemoteraphy came again. He receives it 1 day in every 3-4 weeks depending on his „blood results” (i do not know how to say it in english). The latest CT scan was just on monday (this week) and it showed that this tumor indicated in october has shrunked. Yes it is a good news. The only thing I am really nervous about is that the doctors of my father do not initiating MRi scans for examining his brain (it was only performed 1 year ago when the diagnosis was set up) and they have not examined his liver. I really hope that we can spend together the christmass of year 2004 as well. Thanks for hearing me. Regards, Nicky